Staged by Design Blog

I was interviewed by Joe Doman of Re/Max Gateway, on the benefits of Home
Staging. This video is second in a series of three.

http://youtu.be/DQFyDlmDqn4 

I was interviewed by Joe Doman of Re/Max Gateway, on the benefits of Home Staging. This video is second in a series of three.

 http://youtu.be/fXYAE8r6eiE

I was interviewed by Joe Doman of Re/Max Gateway, on the benefits of Home Staging. This video is first in a series of three.

Enjoy!

http://youtu.be/DQFyDlmDqn4

My company stages homes throughout Northern Virginia. It is not uncommon to encounter the same floor plan time and again. What is uncommon is to stage almost the same floor plan with almost identical home owner situations.

My company staged a lovely single family home in Selma Estates in Leesburg last year. I initially provided the home owners with a staging consultation as they had lovely furniture, very little artwork on the walls. Their Living Room was also empty, and their Master Bedroom sitting area was in need of a few occasional tables. The owners would be living in the home while it was on the market. The plan we created included de-cluttering and minor re-arranging, (such as moving a cream colored couch from the basement to the Living Room) as well as proposal to stage the home with furniture for the Living Room and Master Sitting Room and artwork and accessories throughout.

The second home was located in Ashburn, Virginia in the Villages of Waxpool. The situation was eerily similar. I provided an initial staging consultation as the owners intended to remain in the home while it was on the market. They ultimately decided to move out prior to listing, and the staging plan from the consultation indicated what furniture should stay and what should go. However, they still had an empty Living Room and empty Master Bedroom sitting room, along with no artwork and very little accessories. Again, we provided a proposal for bringing furniture, artwork and accessories.

The photos below show the same floor plan and both home’s before and after photos.

Living Room:

Leesburg Living Room Before

Leesburg Living Room After

Ashburn Living Room Before

Ashburn Living Room After

Ben is hip. He’s cutting edge,

Do you crave the sleek lines of the West Elm catalog? Love the colors used in their rooms but at a loss when it comes to actually selecting a paint color for your walls? West Elm has now paired with Benjamin Moore’s latest paint line, Ben, to create color palette that enhances and complements contemporary décor.

View the Ben palette at:

http://www.westelm.com/we-love/benjamin-moore-palette.html

Ever found yourself out shopping and think you’ve located the perfect color for your walls? The only problem, of course is you can’t take a chunk of out the wall with you in order to color match it at your local Home Depot. Well, now, thanks to the IPHONE, you can find inspiration anyway. There is an app that allows you to color match anything-a pillow, a wall color of that great upscale décor store, your dog, and match it to one of Benjamin Moore’s latest offerings, Ben paints.